This volume contains the following manuscripts described as either an Inaugural Dissertation or an Inaugural Essay presented to the University of Maryland for the Degree of "Doctor of Medicine" or "Doctor of Physic" : Some Facts in Nervous Pathology / by Clark, T. W. ; Hemorrhage / by Wright, Josephus A. ; Report of Six Cases / by Bond, Robert ; Pulmonary Emphysema / by Watts, Arthur G. ; Diphtheria / by Chilton, Samuel B. ; Use of Chloroform in Labor / by Canfield, William Buckingham ; Influence of Climate, Food and Soil / by Roach, Edward Weldon ; Medical and Surgical Records and Comments / by Stevenson, William W. ; Importance of Economy in Orthopedic Surgery / by Lanier, Nathan Smith ; Specialties in Medicine / by Perryman, E. G. ; Intermittent Fever / by Parsons, Samuel D. ; Spasmodic Laryngitis / by Compton, Joseph B. ; Operative Surgery / by Gantt, H. Baldwin ; Dysmenorrhoea / by Smith, William A. ; Diphtheria / by Street, St. Clair ; Intermittent Fever / by Shepard, Henry Leonidas ; Aneurism / by Carroll, Joseph ; Practical Suggestions on the Conduct of Labor / by Smith, W. Gray ; Reflex Action / by Robb, John A. Jr. ; Pneumonia / by Warner ; Neurotomy of the Optic and Ciliary Nerves / by Dawson, W. Terrell